IGN: There's been a lot of analysis and discussion about the show moving to Fridays this season and what that means for the ratings and the future of the show. How are you guys feeling at this point? I know you've spoken fairly optimistically about the potential for a Season 10. Where are you at as far as how you want to position the end of Season 9?

Peterson: Well you know, we just always try and create the best show that we can and not keep [the ratings] in mind. Unfortunately, of course, how can it not? So we really looked at the move, regardless of what motivations were there for the move -- which I think were positive, honestly -- as a nice way to launch a new night and to kind of get on a night that has traditionally been a very big sci-fi night, with X-Files and Battlestar and a lot of other shows. So we were looking forward to it.

We're actually very hopeful that we get a Season 10. We're at the point in the writers room where we are coming up against the end of the season and I would be lying to say we are not kind of dealing with both options. But I think right now, everybody is very optimistic and we definitely have a whole season that could play out for Season 10 that we've already started working on. So again, all I can give you is optimism rather than anything concrete.

Tom Welling and Erica Durance in Smallville

IGN: I had a couple of people ask me if we should assume Lois learned about Jimmy's death off camera.

Peterson: Yes. We need to assume that. I kind of don't want to say much more on that, other than yes, we need to assume that Lois has found out about Jimmy off camera and dealt with that with Chloe off camera this season.

IGN: We've talked a little bit about what's to come, but what more can you say to tease some of the episodes we're about to see?

Peterson: After "Roulette", we have "Crossfire" [airing this Friday], which is perhaps one of the most fun episodes that we've had in the whole series I think. Everybody at the studio and network is completely jazzed. It's basically Lois and Clark trying to take jobs as on-camera morning show hosts and it's hilarious. It's touching and moves the story forward and introduces a brand new character from the DC mythology, Mia Dearden, who is Speedy, Green Arrow's sidekick. So it kind of gives everything.

Elise Gatien as Mia Dearden/Speedy

Then after that we have a great, mythology heavy episode with "Kandor", which we mentioned introduces Jor-El and shows the backstory of how all the Kandorians came to Earth, what happened and what they want. After that we have the Wonder Twins – and you can never go wrong with the Wonder Twins!

Peterson: Yes, you will see Gleek on screen, in one shape or another. There's also a really great Clark/Lois storyline there, because Lois goes to therapy because she's trying to figure out her feelings between Clark and the Blur. So in the middle of all the Wonder Twins, Lois is in therapy. And then we end our November run with a huge iconic episode called "Pandora" which finally gives you a glimpse into the future that Lois has been having flashes of and shows you what Lois saw when she went into the future.